List of WWE pay-per-view events

WWE Pay-Per-View Event Schedule 2016
Month		Event
January	File:WWE Royal Rumble 2016 Logo.png	Royal Rumble
February		Fastlane
Late March/Early April		WrestleMania
May	File:WWE Payback 2016 Logo.png	Payback
May		Extreme Rules
June		Money in the Bank
July	File:WWE Battleground 2016 Logo.png	Battleground
August		SummerSlam
September	File:WWE Backlash Logo.png	Backlash
September	File:WWE Clash of Champions Logo.png	Clash of Champions
October		No Mercy
October		Hell in a Cell
November		Survivor Series
December	File:WWE TLC 2016 Logo.png	TLC

Each month, World Wrestling Entertainment holds one or two annual pay-per-view events. One event is usually three hours long and features six to twelve matches. Pay-per-view events are a big part of the revenue stream for WWE.

History

It is a commonly held misconception that the first WWF pay-per-view was November 1985's The Wrestling Classic, a tournament held at the Rosemont Horizon near Chicago, but the first WrestleMania event, in March of the same year, was available on pay-per-view in some markets. The first two WrestleMania’s were undeniable financial successes, and after WrestleMania III became perhaps the best known event in wrestling history, the WWF decided to expand their pay-per-view offerings.

The first Survivor Series event was offered on November 29 1987, scheduled directly against NWA's Starrcade, traditionally considered to be that promotion's biggest yearly event. The WWF informed cable companies that if they chose to carry Starrcade, they would not be allowed to carry future WWF events. The vast majority of companies showed Survivor Series (only three opted to remain loyal to their contract with the NWA), and the resulting financial blow to Starrcade was in many ways the beginning of the end for Jim Crockett Promotions.

The debut of the Royal Rumble in January 1988 was actually shown on the USA Network, where it drew the highest rating to that time in the network's history. The event became a pay-per-view the following year.

The first SummerSlam was held in Madison Square Garden in August 1988. These four events - the Royal Rumble in January, WrestleMania in March or April, SummerSlam in August, and Survivor Series in November - were the only annual pay-per-view offerings (other than the King of the Ring) from the WWF until 1995, after rival World Championship Wrestling had expanded the number of their pay-per-view shows. Initially, the WWF used the In Your House brand, but beginning in 1996 began using other names to compliment the In Your House name (such as Badd Blood and No Way Out), to avoid confusion. By the end of February 1999, the In Your House name was nonexistent.

This trend escalated to the point that by 1996, both companies showed monthly events on pay-per-view. Until recently, World Wrestling Entertainment had a once-a-month pay-per-view schedule, which they had from the late '90s until 2003 totalling twelve a year. WWE currently produces 12 shows yearly and now charges $39.95 USD for each, except for WrestleMania, which is USD $49.95. The pay-per-view events in the United States can be bought through iN DEMAND, Dish Network or DirecTV.

The WWE ran twice yearly pay-per-views which were exclusive to the UK up to 2003, but after the brand extension occurred they were scrapped in favour of tours, with a TV taping included, so now the WWE has the WrestleMania Revenge tour after WrestleMania at the beginning of the year and the Survivor Series tour at the end of the year, in the UK. Each includes a RAW, SmackDown!, and an ECW taping.

In Australia, WWE's pay-per-views are shown on Main Event. In the United Kingdom, only usually around 8 of them charged for and are shown on Sky Box Office. These are all charged at £14.95 GBP and has no extra charge for WrestleMania like in the USA. The other events are seen on the subscription channel Sky Sports 1.

WWE PPVs are almost always held in major cities, some cities such as New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Phoenix, St.Louis, Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Boston, Philadelphia, Miami, New Orleans, and Detroit getting a PPV about once every year considering that they draw more than other cities.

Active and upcoming events

The following is a list of the current, active titles for events scheduled by WWE.

██ Raw branded event ██ SmackDown branded event

Date	Event	Venue	City
September 25, 2016	Clash of Champions	Bankers Life Fieldhouse	Indianapolis, Indiana
October 9, 2016	No Mercy	Golden 1 Center	Sacramento, California
October 30, 2016	Hell in a Cell	TD Garden	Boston, Massachusetts
November 20, 2016	Survivor Series	Air Canada Centre	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
December 4, 2016	TLC: Tables, Ladders, & Chairs	CONSOL Energy Center	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Brand extension

In June 2003, WWE announced to further their brand extension and make their pay-per-views exclusive to a particular brand (RAW, SmackDown!, and later, ECW). The only exceptions to this were the established Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, SummerSlam and Survivor Series events which remained joint productions, and WrestleMania being the only event with wrestlers from different brands competing against each other. This allowed WWE to eventually add more pay-per-view events to their offerings, such as Cyber Sunday and The Great American Bash (itself a revival of an old NWA and WCW event). From late 2005, the restrictions were relaxed and interbrand matches in brand-exclusive events were becoming more frequent. In March 2007, it was announced that the idea of brand-exclusive events was scrapped and would now feature matches from all three brands. The brand-exclusive events were:

Pay-per-view	Brand	Years	Note
New Year's Revolution	RAW	2005-2007	N/A
Backlash	RAW	2004-2006	N/A
Bad Blood	RAW	2003-2004	N/A
Vengeance	RAW	2004-2006	In 2003, Vengeance was a Smackdown! exclusive event
Unforgiven	RAW	2003-2006	N/A
Cyber Sunday	RAW	2006-2008	From 2004-2005, the event was promoted under the name Taboo Tuesday.
Armageddon	SmackDown!	2004-2006	In 2003, Armageddon was a Raw exclusive event
No Way Out	SmackDown!	2002-2007	Returned in 2012
Judgment Day	SmackDown!	2004-2006	N/A
The Great American Bash	SmackDown!	2004-2006	N/A
No Mercy	SmackDown!	2003-2006	N/A
December to Dismember	ECW	2006	This was the only ECW exclusive pay-per-view.

Former pay-per-view events

Pay-per-view	Year (s) Active	Notes
The Wrestling Classic	1985
This Tuesday in Texas	1991
King of the Ring	1993–2002
In Your House	1995–1999
Bad Blood	1997, 2003–2004
Over the Edge	1998–1999	Discontinued after the death of Owen Hart at the 1999 event.
Fully Loaded	1998–2000	Replaced by Invasion in 2001, and permanently discontinued when replaced by Vengeance in 2002.
Invasion	2001
One Night Stand	2005–2008
December To Dismember	2006
New Year's Revolution	2005–2007	This pay-per-view was removed because WWE decided to reduce the number of pay-per-views per year.
Unforgiven	1998–2008
Cyber Sunday/Taboo Tuesday	2004–2008
Judgment Day	1998, 2000–2009
The Bash	The Great American Bash (2004–2008), The Bash (2009)
Breaking Point	2009
Fatal 4-Way	2010	was set to make a return as a 2012 PPV but was scrapped by WWE.
Bragging Rights	2009–2010	was set to make a return as a 2012 PPV but was scrapped by WWE.
Capitol Punishment	2011	replaced by No Way Out in 2012.
Vengeance	2001–2007, 2011	replaced by Hell in a Cell in 2012.
Over The Limit	2010–2012	replaced by Battleground in 2013.

International pay-per-views

Pay-per-view	Year(s) Active	Note
One Night Only	1997	N/A
Capital Carnage	1998	N/A
No Mercy (UK)	1999	Despite being held in the UK, another PPV called "No Mercy" was held the same year in the U.S.
Rebellion	1999–2002	N/A
Global Warning	2002	N/A
Insurrextion	2000–2003	N/A